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A new exoplanet atmosphere 3D map can help many space experts to find other worlds that are quite similar to Earth. This means that they can use the new 3-dimensional mapping technique might be able ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

Exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun, are found at distances very far from Earth. For example, the closest exoplanet to us, Proxima Centauri b, is 4.2 light-years away, or 265,000 ...

Many exoplanets are completely uninhabitable, but they can still be useful in the search for more hospitable worlds. Scientists at Lund University have created a 3D map of ultra-hot gas giant ...

The planet Uranus is finally revealing some of its best-hidden phenomena, thanks to a completely new mapping of its upper atmosphere. Created for the first time in three dimensions, this ...

Astronomers have broken new ground in the field of exoplanet research by creating the first-ever 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere. The subject of this pioneering study, WASP-121b, has revealed a ...

Louis-Philippe Coulombe received funding from the Fonds de de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).